Therefore the specific gravity of a solid or a liquid body, is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water... Book III - Page 84by George William Myers - 1908Full view - About this book
| George Jarvis Brush - Blowpipe - 1898 - 514 pages
...fragment is employed. PROPERTIES DEPENDING UPON WEIGHT. Specific Gravity. — The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of water. For example, quartz has a specific gravity of 2.65, and is, therefore, two and sixty-five... | |
| James Clarke Foye - Chemistry - 1898 - 196 pages
...barometer 30-2 inches ? Ans. 1584-84 cubic inches. VI. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. The specific gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some substance taken as a standard. Pure water at its maximum density (4° C.) is the standard... | |
| Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1899 - 462 pages
...a square right prism of equal base and altitude. Note 16. The specific gravity of a liquid or solid is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of pure water. PROTRACTOR. Carefully paste this sheet upon card-board; then cut out the protractor with... | |
| Stephen Roper - Electric engineering - 1899 - 406 pages
...Platinum, Gold, Lead, Copper, Iron. Q. How would you define the specific gravity of a substance ? A. The ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of water. Q. How would you find the specific gravity of a solid body ? A. If it is heavier than water, weigh... | |
| Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1899 - 456 pages
...a square right prism of equal base and altitude. Note 16. The specific gravity of a liquid or solid is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of pure water. PROTRACTOR. Carefully paste this sheet upon card-board; then cut out the protractor with... | |
| Frank Castle - Mathematics - 1899 - 424 pages
...weight of the same volume of mercury is 13-596 grams. Relative Density. — The relative density of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of a standard substance.* It is obvious that the standard substance should be at any place easily... | |
| John Marvin Colaw, John Kelley Elkwood - Arithmetic - 1900 - 450 pages
...78° C.; (b) ether, 35° C.; (c) mercury, 357° C. SPECIFIC GRAVITY. 590. The Specific Gravity of any substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of water. TABLE OF SPECIFIC GRAVITY. Copper 8.9 Nickel 8.9 Cork.. 24 Gold 19.3 Silver 10.5 Granite.... 2.7 Lead... | |
| David Martin Sensenig, Robert Franklin Anderson - Arithmetic - 1902 - 376 pages
...deducting election day, four Sunduyn, and Thanksgiving Day ? 11. Slate weighs 170 Ib. to the cu. ft. What U the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal bulk of wntur? 12. A roof made of slate .Д of an in. thick, laid on »heeting 1 in. thick, weighs about 1000... | |
| Amos T. Fisher, Melvin J. Patterson - Physics - 1902 - 200 pages
...liquid which it displaces. All fluids possess buoyancy. Specific Gravity. — The specific gravity of a substance is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some standard substance. In Physics, water is usually taken as the standard substance. FIG.... | |
| Fernando Sanford - 1902 - 484 pages
...bottle in the preceding experiment ? Specific Gravity of Gases. — The Specific Gravity of a body is the ratio of its weight to the weight of an equal volume of some other body chosen as a standard, or, in other words, it is the ratio of the density... | |
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